The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-09-06
SURE TO HAVE GAS SOON
The Board of Trade Expects the City to
be Supplied Within Three Months.
And Begins Preparations to Celebrate the
Use of the New Fuel with Great Indus
trial Display-More New Wells.

At meeting of the governors of the Board of
Trade last night it was said that the city would
probably be supplied with natural gas by the
last of November or the LIST of December This
opinion based upon recent statements of
the indianapolis Natural-eas Company that it
had decided to begin piping to the city within a
week two. it considered its supply from
the wells in the northern part of the county and
what it expected to get near Nob!esvile would
be sufficient for the purpose E. B.
Martindale told the governors that when gas
came into the city it should be made the occa-
sion for great industrial parade, and that it
was not too early to begin thinking about the
matter. To put it in definite form, he offered
resolution providing for the appointment of
committee to make whatever preliminary
rangements were necessary The resolution
met with favor and was adopted unanimously.
1t is suggested that the event should be made
one of more than local significance and to do
this would mean the arrangement of an attrac-
ton that would bring capitalists and distin-
guished men from all the country to the
city. "Our people themselves" said gentleman
last night, do not appreciate the amount of
manufacturing that done here An Indian
apolis man went TO Minneapolis not long ago and
while impressed with the prosperity and energy
OF that city astonished to find that
in the Offices the clerks lawyers and business
men wrote Indianapolis desks, and that
everywhere in the Northwest conld be found
Indianapolis machinery. The parade to day
showed what the probabilities are in perfecting
a greater individual display. None of :he cities
of the rank of this. and which are enjoying great
prosperity, have the diversified manufactures
we have. Our advantages. too, are unequaled
By all means the introduction OF natural gas
should be attended by elaborate industrial
parade"
The Broad Ripple Natural-gas Company has
succeeded in its boring of another well, this
time the Boardman farm, about mile and a
half northeast of the Ripple. The drill struck
Trenton rock yesterday at about $50 feet, when
the presence of was marked. A few feet
into the rock the drill brought flow equal. it IS
said. to that of the Dawson WE'LL which is owned
by the same company. While neither well can
be called gusher, they add to the aggregate
supply, which the gas men say can be utilized
when the pipe lines come from the Noblesyille
region.
company near Millersville, in which the
stock is owned principally by men in that neigh
borhood. has been prospecting near the village
the Trenton of such nature as TO warrant the
experiment of shooting. This successfully
accomplished yesterday, producing flow of gas
which the owners think will reach 2 900, 900 feet
day. The company Is satisfied with the vent
ure and proposes to drill one or two more wells.
The operators in the Greenfield region say
they will have four wells in a few weeks.
Derricks for drilling two of them have been
erected, and the confidence created by their first
well has led them to decide favorably in putting
up the third derrick.